I just like that they stuck to him beating Ollie in their first encounter. It gives Ollie a legitimate threat finally in the modern day story (the only other character to really give him problems has been Deathstroke in the flashbacks).

Totally called it on the Black Archer's identity. To be fair, the episode did do a good job at crafting a suspects list. I knew it was either Malcolm, Deathstroke, or Yao Fei. Deathstroke seemed least likely, as we in the audience still don't know much about him so the reveal would've been almost meaningless. Yao Fei, on the other hand, would've been quite the kick in the pants.

I'm glad that Oliver and Dinah didn't fall into the Smallville trap of will they/ won't they, but rather setting up the foundations of their relationship. Unfortunately, the opposite has happened with Oliver and Thea.

Yeah I caught a lot of those and last week had some too. Helena's "does it come in purple?" like Bruce's "does it come in black?" to Lucius in Begins. Or when Digg called Ollie and Ollie responded with "War." The same "War." Batman says in TDKR!

Tonights episode had bits of BB, TDK, and TDKR. Not mention a bit of Spiderman 1 with the whole Ollie/Peter, Dinah/MJ, Tommy/Harry triangle and with Archer/Norman/Green Goblin. Lol.

Isn't it the Dark Archer and not the Black Archer which people keep on saying. Another good episode, Merlyn has a wicked costume. Someone should start a picture thread, I would but I don't know how (pretty pathetic after years posting here). Marc Guggenheim posted some concept art of Merlyn's costume on his twitter feed.

Loved this ep, the showdown between Arrow and the Dark Archer was really well shot and the brutal beat-down Ollie got leaves no doubt he has a genuine nemesis. It'll be interesting to get some back story on Merlyn and his choice to create a rival identity to Oliver as it goes beyond merely taking out a problem.

The island flashbacks were good as well and I think they tried to make the viewer believe Fei (clearly too short) might be the Dark Archer, especially once the comment was made about why he was on the island prison. I'm guessing the explanation of what the island is being so simply revealed was what Amell was referring to in his recent interview. Deathstroke vs Fei II was good and they have created a real menacing aura around Deathstroke.

I felt Walter was a goner when Moira said she'd tell him everything but I'm glad he's not. I think Felicity will investigate his disappearance and this will lead to her ending up on Ollie's team.

I'm hoping the scene with Ollie and Thea at the end is a step forward for that relationship and we get more scenes like them in the diner and less of the petulant acting out stuff. The final shot was ideal for a mid-season finale and very comic booky.

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Originally Posted by solidsnake86

Isn't it the Dark Archer and not the Black Archer which people keep on saying. Another good episode, Merlyn has a wicked costume. Someone should start a picture thread, I would but I don't know how (pretty pathetic after years posting here). Marc Guggenheim posted some concept art of Merlyn's costume on his twitter feed.

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Big missed opportunity to finally drop the whole stupid "Hood" nonsense. Seeing as how the police commissioner was at the dinner party, he could have overheard Merlyn suggest "Green Arrow", and at the news conference drop the name there.

I thought it was a little lame that Ollie said "Green Arrow" was a lame name.

Why are the writers soooo afraid to name ANYONE? :P

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